Samsung has a nifty little application for Android and iPhone that will allow you to control your Samsung-made television with your smartphone. We go hands-on with this cool app, and get to see SmartHub, as well as the AllShare function, which shares content from your phone to the TV with a couple of taps. The…
Playstation Suite coming to Tegra 2 Android devices this year
If you’ve browsed through the Tegra Zone application on your Xoom or any other device supporting the application, you may have been surprised to see that the Playstation Suite will be supported on Tegra2 devices this year. Looks like the Xperia Play isn’t alone anymore. We’re not sure if the Playstation Suite will ship pre-installed…
Will Android Honeycomb stay with the ‘geeks’?
Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the tablet-optimized version of the OS, has been met with either intrigue and awe, or complaints and slander. One analyst is on the latter side, and believes that Honeycomb will likely only stay within the group of “geeks”. In all honesty, it likely will in the beginning, but that’s not necessarily a…
Samsung promotes Tab in the wake of Xoom and iPad 2 with new TV spot
When the Samsung Galaxy Tab was announced, it was the only real alternative to the iPad, even if it varied in many ways to its counterpart. From inflated prices, to running on a version of Android OS intended for smartphones, the Samsung tablet offering sat in a gray area, and not many people knew what…
Dual-screened Kyocera Echo passes through the FCC
Remember the Kyocera Echo? Well, the wacky dual-screened Android phone that Sprint announced last month just passed through the FCC, so we should see the handset debut in the near future. The Echo is quite a spin on the traditional smartphone archetype, and while it may be a bit unconventional, it really should appeal those…
Verizon jumps the gun and says HTC Thunderbolt is available in new flyer
Verizon just doesn’t seem to know what they are talking about when it comes to the availability of the much-anticipated HTC Thunderbolt. After a handful of rumored dates, all of which have been delayed, Big Red decided to send out a new flyer (not that Flyer), which states that the Thunderbolt is, “Now Available”. This…
Google Voice for Motorola Xoom now available, thanks to XDA
While many Xoom users are patiently awaiting for the official Google Voice application for their Xoom, we’re happy to tell all you early adopters that you can “early adopt” Google Voice on Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet, courtesy of a little hacking by some intrepid Android devs. The guys over at XDA-Developers have done it again, and…
LG Revolution hits up the FCC on way to Verizon’s 4G LTE network
LG’s upcoming LTE-toting Android phone for Verizon, the Revolution, has just made its way to the FCC. The powerful handset is up to snuff to that of the HTC Thunderbolt, and maybe we’ll even see this device released before the supposed “first 4G LTE phone” for Big Red. LG has been on a roll lately…
CyanogenMod 7 RC2 hits over 150,000 downloads in less than 24 hours
It was only a couple of days ago when we saw thenext release candidate for CyanogenMod 7, the popular custom ROM based on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread. To our surprise, along with the CM team themselves, RC2 was downloaded over 150,000 times in less than 24 hours. I initially had issues installing this RC, but everything…
Motorola Droid X 2 sports smaller microSD card, confuses the world
What looked like a potential Droid X successor has just fallen into the “disappointing” category. We’ve been hearing rumors of the upcoming Droid X 2, but you won’t be finding it here, as it looks like the picture above only shows a change in the external storage of the existing Droid X. For some reason,…









